To be updated all year. Last year: 2010 list

So far:

Books:
current: Floodlines by Jordan Flaherty - a book on Hurricane Katrina/New Orleans
current: Outlaw Culture by bell hooks - feminist/anti-racist cultural criticism
current: Just Kids by Patti Smith - memoir

Movies:Event Horizon ( Read more... )

To be updated all year. So far:

Books (with ratings out of 5):
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby - 3.5
The Road by Cormac McCarthy - 5
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood - 3.5
The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell - 3.5
World War Z by Max Brooks - 3
Fade by Robert Cormier - 3
Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman - 3
How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered the ( Read more... )

2009 list of culture and whatnot. Bolded ones are favourites, except with the songs. If they made the list, I loved them. Happy to discuss, share opinions of anything listed below.

( Movies, songs, books, concerts )

Reading this actually made me afraid. I can't imagine how much worse I would feel if I were Arab or Muslim in America. It's only so long before the targets broaden...

Five Ways Bush's Era of Repression Has Stolen Your Liberties Since 9/11

The following is an excerpt of Matthew Rothschild's "You Have No Rights: Stories of America in an Age of ( Read more... )